Not only did Serena co-host the 2014 Juno Awards with Classified and Johnny Reid – but she was won 2 out of her 5 Juno Award nominations!
Juno Fan Choice Award
Single of the Year
Album of the Year
Artist of the Year – WINNER
Songwriter of the Year – WINNER
Biography:
Ryder, who was raised just outside Peterborough in Millbrook, Ontario, grew up listening to old Beatles and Leonard Cohen records that she found in her parents' collection. She was the only child in her family. At 7, Ryder would sing at [[/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Legion#Legion_Halls|Legion halls]] and motor hotels. Having received a guitar from her father, she began playing the instrument at the age of 13. Songwriting efforts followed. At 15, as Ryder was playing old classic and folk tunes with her piano teacher in coffee houses and legion halls.
Ryder has stated "I'd been writing a lot since I was maybe 11 years old. I wasn't doing diary entries; I needed to express something a little deeper than that, which I couldn't express in conversation. And I'd been singing since I was a little kid, doing cover songs at gigs. But when I got my guitar, a whole other world opened up to me. I realized I could put the poetry I was writing to song and bring two very separate things together."
What she had to say about Justin Bieber and audience members booing his award for Fan Choice:
"I really think that Justin Bieber is an amazing musician, and he deserved every bit of that award because he's been working his butt off his entire life, and we need to support how awesome he is," Ryder said.
WINNER OF TWO 2014 JUNOS!
Not only did Serena co-host the 2014 Juno Awards with Classified and Johnny Reid – but she was won 2 out of her 5 Juno Award nominations!Biography:
Ryder, who was raised just outside Peterborough in Millbrook, Ontario, grew up listening to old Beatles and Leonard Cohen records that she found in her parents' collection. She was the only child in her family. At 7, Ryder would sing at [[/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Legion#Legion_Halls|Legion halls]] and motor hotels. Having received a guitar from her father, she began playing the instrument at the age of 13. Songwriting efforts followed. At 15, as Ryder was playing old classic and folk tunes with her piano teacher in coffee houses and legion halls.
Ryder has stated "I'd been writing a lot since I was maybe 11 years old. I wasn't doing diary entries; I needed to express something a little deeper than that, which I couldn't express in conversation. And I'd been singing since I was a little kid, doing cover songs at gigs. But when I got my guitar, a whole other world opened up to me. I realized I could put the poetry I was writing to song and bring two very separate things together."
What she had to say about Justin Bieber and audience members booing his award for Fan Choice:
"I really think that Justin Bieber is an amazing musician, and he deserved every bit of that award because he's been working his butt off his entire life, and we need to support how awesome he is," Ryder said.
Nomimated for Best Single of the Year:
Live: